title: Hoarseness as a presenting sign in children with Kawasaki disease.
abstract: We noted that many patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) were hoarse at presentation and thus evaluated the frequency of hoarseness in children with acute KD. New onset hoarseness was noted in 86 of 287 (30%) prospectively assessed KD patients. Laryngoscopic examination of 3 hoarse patients with acute KD revealed edema and erythema of the larynx.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Otolaryngology; †Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego; and ‡Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
authors.forename: Shelby C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leuin
authors.forename: Swetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanbhag
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lago
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Adriana H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tremoulet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies